Last Night’s SNF was First of NBC’s Unprecedented 13 Primetime NFL Games in 43 Days

STAMFORD, Conn. – November 14, 2016 – Last night’s Seattle Seahawks’ 31-24 victory over the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl XLIX rematch on NBC’s Sunday Night Football averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 22.7 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms – marking the most-watched Week 10 NFL primetime game since 1998, according to Fast National data released today by The Nielsen Company, and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

The NBC-only broadcast of Seahawks-Patriots averaged 22.51 million viewers — ranking as the most-watched Week 10 NFL primetime game in 18 years (22.54 million for Packers-Steelers on ABC’s MNF, 11/9/98). In addition, the 22.5 million viewers topped last year’s Week 10 SNF game by 16% (19.4 million for Cardinals-Seahawks).

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App registered 956,000 uniques for Seahawks-Patriots – NBC’s highest-ever total for a Sunday NFL game, excluding Super Bowls. Last night’s uniques is also up 121% from last year’s Week 10 SNF game (433,000). The Average Minute Audience (AMA) for last night’s live stream via the NBC Sports app, NBCSports.com, NBC.com ‘TV Everywhere,’ and NFL Mobile from Verizon was 189,000 viewers.

NBC-only viewership for Seahawks-Patriots peaked at 24.5 million from 9:30-9:45 p.m. ET, while the closing minutes of the game (11:30-11:43 p.m. ET) averaged 23.0 million viewers.

Last night’s game (8:32-11:43 p.m. ET) registered a TV-only national household rating of 12.7/22 – up 11% from Cardinals-Seahawks last year (11.4/20).

Last night’s SNF game was the first of NBC’s unprecedented 13 primetime games in a 43-day span. Below are NBC’s primetime NFL games for the remainder of the 2016 season.

2016 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL & THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

Thurs., Nov. 17

Week 11

New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers**

*Sun. Nov. 20

Week 11

Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins

***Thurs. Nov. 24

Week 12

Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts

*Sun. Nov. 27

Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

Thurs., Dec. 1

Week 13

Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings**

*Sun. Dec. 4

Week 13

Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

Thurs., Dec. 8

Week 14

Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs**

*Sun. Dec. 11

Week 14

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants

Thurs., Dec. 15

Week 15

Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks**

*Sun. Dec. 18

Week 15

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

Thurs., Dec. 22

Week 16

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles**

Sun. Dec. 25

Week 16

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

*Sun. Jan. 1

Week 17

TBD

*Flex Week

** Also on NFL Network and live streamed on Twitter, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app